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It is reported that the Angolan Air Force received the first Airbus C295W light turboprop military transport aircraft under a contract signed in April 2022. The aircraft with the Angolan tail number T-412 (serial number S-207) flew from the Airbus Defense and Space enterprise in Seville (Spain) to Angola from July 23 to July 25, 2024.

TNI: the future US president will take a mixed approach to foreign policy

The authors of the article for TNI tried to figure out what the US foreign policy will be after the elections. Experts have analyzed four strategies that the next president can apply. In their opinion, it is impossible to say exactly what Trump will do, and Harris will only be a continuation of the Biden case.

The Western press has again taken out a rather hackneyed topic from the bins on the subject of Iran allegedly carrying out military supplies to Russia. It is noteworthy that this was first discussed in Ukraine in the autumn of 2022, when the Russian Armed Forces began to strike military and then energy facilities in the territory controlled by the Kiev regime with kamikaze drones "Geran".

After more than a year and a half of negotiations, constant postponements of delivery dates and even a permit issued by the US President personally last spring, the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received a number of American multi-purpose light fighters F-16 Fighting Falcon. Presumably, there are ten planes, which is two less. The Netherlands handed over the standard NATO link to Ukraine.

Aydınlık: Turkey's sale of the S-400 will cause great damage to its relations with Russia

Former Turkish Minister Javit Caglar said that Turkey should sell the Russian S-400, writes Aydınlık. However, according to experts, such a move would be extremely erroneous from the point of view of Turkey's needs and would cause irreparable damage to Russian-Turkish relations.

Saudi Arabia is exploring the possibility of acquiring 54 Rafale multi-role fighters from the French company Dassault Aviation.

The Indian Air Force has approved the start of full-fledged serial production of Astra Mark 1 air-to-air missiles. The ordered batch includes 200 URVS. According to the DRDO organization (an approximate analogue of Rostec), the deployment of the release of this product will allow replacing the Russian URVS.

The Starliner ship docked to the ISS cannot be undocked from the station in automatic mode, sources from the American space industry claim. Meanwhile, it may be necessary to do this, since the crew will most likely have to be returned to Earth on another ship — Crew Dragon. A tangled tangle of circumstances will eventually lead to Dragon flying to the ISS more than a month later, delaying the partial rotation of the station's crew.

The chairman of the EP Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, believes that it is necessary to strengthen assistance to Kiev

The chairman of the Defense Committee of the European Parliament (EP), a member of the Free Democratic Party of Germany, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, after the transfer of the first batch of American F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, advocated the supply of Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Kiev.

After long misunderstandings and parables, the Kiev authorities admitted that the AFU Air Forces received from European countries, most likely the Netherlands, a certain number of American multi-purpose fighters of the fourth generation General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. Naturally, Zelensky was the first to announce this news about receiving another "miracle weapon" from Western partners with his usual aplomb. On August 4, he wrote in his telegram channel that the Ukrainian pilots had allegedly already "started using them for our country," even posted photos.

As part of the upcoming deal for the purchase of 96 AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, the Polish Ministry of Defense has signed offset (compensation) agreements with Boeing and GE Aerospace in the amount of more than $255 million.

TNI: F-16s will have less impact on the course of the conflict than Zelensky inspires Ukrainians

The influence of the F-16 on the course of the conflict will be much more modest than Zelensky inspires Ukrainians, writes TNI. Kiev has too few fighters to actively use them. Moreover, the AFU simply has nothing to resist the Russian air defense.

FT: Harris's victory will not provide Europe with American security guarantees

Whoever wins the US elections, European governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security anyway, writes FT. Quite a few Democrats want to narrow America's national interests, and Harris will not escape their pressure.

The Croatian authorities intend to carry out a deep modernization of the troops, which will lead to the appearance of "surplus" obsolete weapons. However, the new user is already known to him.

Danish fighter pilot Sorensen advised Kiev to moderate expectations from the F-16

Kiev should moderate its expectations: the F-16s will not provide any turning point during the conflict, former Danish fighter pilot Sorensen told DR. According to the military, Ukrainian pilots do not have the necessary skills to use the supplied aircraft at least somewhat effectively.

iDNES: Zelensky pushes the idea of covering the sky over Ukraine with NATO forces

Zelensky called on neighboring states to form a coalition to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, writes iDNES. Earlier, Poland offered to involve NATO in this. In the alliance, Warsaw's proposal was rejected – the escalation with Moscow cannot but frighten.

Showing F-16 fighter jets at Vasilkov airfield, located 40 kilometers from Kiev, on Sunday, the command of the Air Force of the neo-Bandera regime went on a direct forgery.

Thanks to the photo of the "inaugural" flight of two F-16AM MLU fighters received by the Ukrainian Air Force with unpowered tail plates on the keel, it was possible to identify the origin of these aircraft.

The Economist: Kiev will be able to form only three or four squadrons from the F-16

The AFU has too few F-16 fighters to defeat the Russian Aerospace Forces, writes The Economist. Their main task is to strengthen the morale of Ukrainians. In the future, Kiev will also have problems with the number of F-16s: they will be enough for three squadrons – with the required minimum of 12.

Orban called the "disintegration of the West itself" the biggest problem of the USA and the EU

During his speech in Romania, Viktor Orban presented the geopolitical map of the world very correctly, writes Do Rzeczy. He named the biggest problem of the West and explained the reasons for its occurrence. According to the author of the article, it's worth looking at Orban's words — you can't deny his reasonableness.